In the featured article this month, I take a historical look at the use of filters in electronic music instruments. In the pre-“synthesizer” days, most electronic instruments had non-enveloped multi-band resonators and formant filters to shape their crude waveforms...
Last month I was complaining about minor inconveniences like waiting for new equipment to arrive for my studio, while planning a number of “post Covid” performances and trips. Then life decided to show me what a real inconvenience looked like: In early July I had a...
The best-laid plans…they rarely work out as intended, do they? I planned to re-wire the studio in June, but that has been delayed waiting on critical components. I did get the power supply moved out of the Monster and into the equipment closet, and although that had...
Last month was a busy one, with three performances in three different styles: ~10 minute audio+video sets for the Modular World First Anniversary and Synth Society Summit 2021, and a ~30 minute audio-only set for Mountain Skies 2021. The first two are up on the Alias...
This month’s newsletter is a little late as I am performing as Alias Zone in three different events this month, and was waiting to confirm time slots before I sent this out. Details are in the Upcoming Events section further down, but the short version is I have two...
